The toy industry has come a long, long way in regards to the radio controlled vehicles. Speed, reliability and style are all way up. Your airplanes can now reach crusing speed and top altitude. Your submarines can dive to the pool's depths and your monster trucks won't get stuck in the kids sandbox.

Whether these toys are for your kid or the kid in you, you can build a nice collection of radio controlled models that look great on the shelf and are a ton of fun at the park. For the airplanes, sorry, no indoor flying and a large park is required for enough room for flying.

Prices range from as low as $5 for some of the radio controlled cars and easily up to $200 for the airplanes. Durability becomes an issue with the airplanes since they pick up speed quickly and crash landings are the norm at the beginning until you get the hang of it.

Planes are incredible and require the most skill to operate. Boats and sub tend to have the most problems due to the stress of operating in water. R/C Cars are a great value for the dollar and can be the most reliable.

If you are planning on operating two r/c models at the same time, make sure the models are working on different frequencies to avoid radio control conflicts.

Airplanes:

Sky Rangers Radio Controlled Sport Jet

Radio Control Wattage Cessna 180 Ready-to-Fly Rc Plane

Radio Control * ParkZone F-27 Stryker RTF 3-Channel Combat Park Flyer - PKZ 1200

Boats and Sea Craft:

Wave Buster Boat (49 MHz)

Nirvana Racing Yacht R/C FM Ready to Run

Cars and Trucks:

Ready-to-Run Black BMW Z4

Fast Lane Radio Control '66 Pontiac GTO: Orange (49 MHz)

Fast Lane Radio Control '67 Ford Mustang: Silver (27 MHz)

Books:

Radio Controlled Helicopters: The Guide to Building & Flying R C Helicopters (Paperback)

Remote Controlled Related Websites:

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